A MAROCCAN MIQUELET LOCK LONG GUN, 19TH CENTURY

Reference: ART400641

Moroccan Musket from the Atlas Mountains, dating to the 19th century. Wonderful contrasting decoration consisting of black wood, bone, silver pierced and engraved. The lock of snaphaunce flintlock form. Fine steel barrel with chiselling at the breech and applied engraved silver to the breech and tip, multiple finely engraved silver cappucines along the barrel length. 162 cm.